Pumpkin Carving Competition and The Castle Trip

On Friday night we had a pumpkin carving competition and we could do whatever design we wanted too. Some did the Fruits of the Spirit, Noah's Ark, a butterfly, "Gangsta Kahn," and some other wild things. Well, my group decided we'd do Mario (the awesome video game character...if you don't know, ask my brother) Anyway, things were going great while tracing the shape onto the pumpkin, and we were really getting excited about it until we hit a rotten patch...and everything went downhill from there. Because it was rotten, the piece we needed to stay there just fell off so there was a hole in the side of his face...so instead of starting over or doing something else, we decided to get a blindfold and make it into an eye patch so that he could be Pirate Mario. Yes, that's right...the one and only Pirate Mario!! It actually kind of looked like him when we put the candle in and turned off the lights. We didn't win, but we definitely should have won a prize in the "good try" category...and if there was one...we would have gotten it! hehe.
Yesterday was our school's trip to visit the castle the Disney Castle was modeled after. It was huge, gorgeous, and did I say huge? It was such a fun trip. I hung out with my fellow photographer friend, Kristen and we took our time taking as many pictures as we wanted. I love the pictures I was able to take of the castle, the town below, and the pretty Black Forest. I also went and got some fun gifts for my family back home.....buuuuuuuuut I'm not going to say what they are...:) After the castle we went to a place where we did some serious summer bobsledding! It was sooo awesome! Kristen and I were on the same sled and I was the driver!!! :) Oh...and we didn't crash! haha....however, some kids decided to do it over and over again trying out new techniques and new speeds and in the process my friend Amy hurt her ankle really bad! Apparently it was rammed into the sled in front of her and when she was rolling out of her sled, it rolled on top of her hurt ankle. Then, my friend Erica was going down a rocky hill and twisted her ankle really bad and then fell on it. We called an ambulence for Erica and while they were getting her all situated on the stretcher we decided that Amy should go too. Luckily, neither of them had to spend the night in the hospital and neither of them had broken ankles...but they were definitely in a lot of pain last night and this morning.
It was hilarious though, I sat by both Amy and Erica today in church, both had their legs propped up on other chairs, and the speaker (Christ Thomas, Major Ian Thomas' son) said that the message was about trials, hardships, and discipline. Erica, Amy, me, and a lot of other people started laughing really hard! It was just what both of them needed! :) If ya'll could pray for them, that would be great. Both of them are in a lot of pain and are really having a hard time getting around and getting used to having to use GERMAN crutches!
So, aside from two people getting hurt, a bunch of people got car/bus sick on the way home. It was a two hour drive both ways with many twists and turns and it was absolutely horrible! I was one of the ones who got sick. Luckily, only one of us threw up on the bus and it wasn't ME! When we got back, however, we all had dinner and then I started feeling really sick. It's like it all just hit me at once. I gave my dinner dishes duty to my friend Faith and went and laid down for about a hour. After that I walked around some and found Faith and thanked her for doing my duty. She's such a good friend and in fulfilling her good friend duties, she told me to get to bed...but told me I could watch some tv shows on her iPod!!! Not having been able to watch tv in weeks, I took her up on her offer and watched tv until her iPod died...haha. I did throw up a lot last night but I am doing a lot better today. I still feel sick, but I haven't thrown up any.
So, with all that on my plate, I found out that two of my roommates are sick with the same cold I had a couple of days ago and I'm praying that that won't come back around. My room is constantly sick! We go through tissues like you wouldn't believe!
If ya'll could all pray for the sick and the limping around here, that would be great! I love ya'll and miss ya'll like crazy! I wish you could all come to visit me!!! :)

Love in Christ,
Jill<><